SCOTT CITY, ORAN ADVANCE TO SCOTT-MISS. FINAL

BENTON -- Scott City and Oran -- the top two seeds -- will square off tonight in the championship game of the Scott-Mississippi County Conference Tournament.

No. 1 Scott City held off host and No. 4 Kelly 68-58 in one semifinal Thursday night while No. 2 Oran had an impressive performance during a 79-57 romp past No. 3 Scott County Central in the other semifinal.

Scott City and Oran will play at 8 tonight for the title, following the JV championship game between Kelly and Scott County Central at 6:30.

Scott City (14-2) was led by Jon Beck with 23 points and Ronald Watson with 17. Ryan Weatherspoon added 14.

Kelly (8-6) got 21 points from Jason Glastetter, 11 from Aaron Johnson and 10 from Russ Mothershead.

The Rams opened up a 15-point second-half lead before the Hawks pulled to within three late, but Scott City was able to pull away down the stretch.

Oran (10-4) was paced by Travis Friga with 26 points. Also in double figures were Chris Nichols with 12, Daniel Wheeler with 11 and Billy Loper with 10.

Scott Central (11-4) got 18 points from John Fort and 15 from Jreece Johnson.

The Eagles raced to a 31-25 halftime lead and steadily pulled away in the second half.

Stoddard Tournament

BLOOMFIELD -- In semifinal play, top-seeded Dexter held off a strong challenge from No. 4 Advance while sixth-seeded Puxico continued its impressive tourney run with a mauling of No. 2 Woodland.

Dexter prevailed 64-56 while Puxico romped 75-45 as those squads set up a championship matchup at 8:30 tonight. Advance and Woodland will play for third place at 5:30. The JV final will be at 7 with the JV third-place game at 4.

Dexter, which has lost just one game all season, was led by Scott Mattingly with 20 point. Advance got a game-high 29 from Garrett Broshuis while Seth Cantrell added 10.

Puxico led 37-17 at halftime and never looked back. Ryan Harmon scored 25 points while Mike Owen added 18. Woodland got 17 from David Massa, 11 from Ryan Bandermann and 10 from Paul Long.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Notre Dame 71, Twin Rivers 60

BROSELEY -- Senior guard Randi Senciboy scored 21 points in Notre Dame's road victory over Twin Rivers.

Jill Huber had 12 points and Erin Vickery added 10 as the Lady Bulldogs evened their mark to 8-8.

Notre Dame trailed 27-26 at halftime, but a 24-11 edge in the third period pushed the Lady Bulldogs ahead for good.

"I thought we played pretty well," Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim said. "We played good defense at times and we cut down on turnovers a little bit."

Jackson 68, Kelly 31

JACKSON - The Lady Indians continued to cruise with an easy victory, improving their season mark to 9-1.

Andrea Koeper scored 21 points and Melissa Palmer added 15 points. Marissa Essner, 11 points, was the only Kelly player to finish in double figures.

Jackson jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first quarter and opened up a 25-point advantage by halftime as the Lady Indians led 40-15.

"We dominated game from the start being bigger, more mature and having more experience," said Jackson coach Ron Cook.

Delta 34, Oran 22

DELTA -- Only six players -- three from each team -- scored in Delta's slow-going victory over Oran.

Leading 18-14 at halftime, Delta's 11-4 third-quarter bulge pushed it ahead. The Lady Bobcats improved to 5-7.

Amanda Cook paced Delta with 17 points and Kristin Fish contributed 14. Sara Heisserer scored nine points for Oran.

Perryville 72, De Soto 59

DE SOTO -- Perryville remained undefeated in Jefferson County Conference Large Division action.

The Lady Pirates (7-6 overall, 3-0 conference) got 21 points from Tiffany Perkins, 16 from Amy Verseman and 10 from Shannon Dreyer.

Windsor 57, St. Vincent 39

IMPERIAL -- Windsor held St. Vincent to one point in the first quarter and went on to beat the Squaws.

Daniel Sutterer led St. Vincent with 14 points.

WRESTLING

Jackson 61, Sikeston 12

SIKESTON -- Lance Schlick, Jackson's 135-pound senior, improved his mark to 22-0 with his pin of Sikeston's Joe Knuckles as Jackson cruised to a win over the Bulldogs.

Jackson is now 5-0.

103 -- Ricky Feiner (J) def. Cleveland Anthony, 12-10

112 -- Michael Taylor (J) won by forfeit

119 -- Brett Stroud (J) def. Jaime Puckett, 17-2

125 -- Adam Wachter (J) pinned Roderick Randle, :44

130 -- Cyle Huck (J) pinned Micah Moyers, 1:44

135 -- Lance Schlick (J) pinned Joe Knuckles, 2:50

140 -- Kyle Watson (J) pinned Jackie Cowley, 1:07

145 -- James Love (J) def. Derek McGowan, 16-1

152 -- Mark Wade (J) pinned Justin Vaughan, 1:23

160 -- Jonathan Keenan (S0 def. Pee Wee Bartles, 7-6

171 -- Brad Biri (J) won by forfeit

189 -- Andy Herndon (J) pinned Stuart Carraway, 1:50

215 -- Jeff Heacox (S) def. Spencer Hobeck, 8-3

HWT -- Justin Sindle (S) pinned Tim Spradlin, 1:05

BOYS SWIMMING

Cape Central 106, Parkway North 80

ST. LOUIS -- Jason Owen's time of 1:49.75 in the 200 freestyle qualified him for the state meet in Cape Central's victory Thursday at Parkway North.

Central will play host to Country Day tonight at 7.

Central results

200 medley relay -- 1. Central (Ben Roeger, Zach Roberts, Jason Owen, Eric Yount), 1:49.13; 3. Central (Stratton Tingle, Jon Lowrance, Rob Tygett, Nathan Skinner), 1:59.48

200 freestyle -- 1. Owen, 1:49.75; 3. Skinner, 2:05.06

200 IM -- 2. Roeger, 2:20.02; 3. Tingle, 1:11.18

50 freestyle -- 1. Yount, :22.49

100 butterfly -- 1. Owen, :55.22; 3. Roberts, :59.45

100 freestyle -- 1. Yount, :50.52

500 freestyle -- 2. Skinner, 5:35.04; 3. Sam Fletcher, 6:00.79

200 freestyle relay -- 2. Central (Tygett, Matt Hawkins, Fletcher, Andrew Skinner), 1:45.10

100 backstroke -- 1. Roeger, 1:00.05; 2. Tingle, 1:07.33

100 breaststroke -- 1. Lowrance, 1:11.35; 2. Roberts, 1:12.35

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Roeger, N. Skinner, Tingle, Owen), 3:43.95; 3. Central (Hawkins, A. Skinner, Yount, Fletcher(3:52.07)

8TH GRADE BASKETBALL

Poplar Bluff wins tourney

Poplar Bluff defeated Jackson 50-40 in the championship of the Cape Central 8th-grade Invitational. Jackson was led by Matt McComas' 12 points, and Matt Neal added 10.

In the third-place game, Sikeston nipped Central 25-24. Willie Colon scored eight points for the Cubs (3-7).